600+ Nursing & Healthcare Jobs in Raleigh, NC

Direct local wage data shows the healthcare practitioners and technical group averaged $52.75 an hour in Raleigh-Cary in May 2025, or about $109,720 annualized. Recent posting-based signals are lower at the middle of the market, with local salary ranges centered on about $75k to $95k overall, while current advanced-practice examples run much higher: UNC REX listed $50.43–$69.03 per hour, Steadfast Health listed $132,500–$145,000, and Optum listed $109,500–$164,000 plus up to $40,000 loan repayment or a $20,000 sign-on bonus.

Full August 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 256 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $68,640 at the 25th percentile, $85,500 at the median and $96,075 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 25, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Balanced market | next 3-6 months

This is still a good market for licensed clinicians, but it is no longer an easy one. Raleigh-Cary's unemployment rate was 3.1% in July 2026, healthcare practitioners and technical workers made up 6.3% of local employment in the latest occupation data, and the group's mean pay was $52.75 an hour. Over the last 90 days, the local market showed more than 1,300 postings across more than 300 companies, with hiring spread across a long tail rather than one dominant employer. The main constraint is that North Carolina healthcare-practitioner employment was up 2.2% year over year in August 2026 while active postings for the occupation were down 8.4%, which points to real demand but tighter competition per opening.

Best positioned: The best odds right now belong to clinicians who can work on-site, already hold active licenses and BLS or ACLS, and can show strength in primary care, telehealth, specialty clinic workflows, home-based care, or palliative care.

Main caution: The biggest mistake is assuming that healthcare's high pay means easy access: about 90% of postings are on-site, some APP roles prefer prior experience, and the highest visible pay bands are concentrated in specialty or advanced-practice openings rather than the whole category.

From the August 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 637 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Duke PA: 102 open roles
2. Duke Health: 51 open roles
3. Wakemed: 43 open roles
4. UNC Health: 32 open roles
5. Frye Regional Medical Center: 18 open roles
6. Amedisys, Inc.: 12 open roles
7. Yad Health: 12 open roles
8. MainStreet Family Care: 11 open roles
9. RI International: 10 open roles
10. UNC Health: 10 open roles

Where the openings are

• Raleigh: 209
• Durham: 187
• Cary: 32
• Smithfield: 28
• Clayton: 25
• Hickory: 19
• Garner: 14
• Apex: 13

Work arrangement

on-site 585 (93%), hybrid 26 (4%), remote 18 (3%)

Where the demand is

Most visible opportunity sits in mainstream care delivery. In the recent local sample, about 65% of postings were tagged as healthcare and another about 30% as hospitals and health care, with more than 1,300 postings across more than 300 companies over the last 90 days. That is a meaningful base, and it is also fragmented, which means you are not dependent on one employer or one hospital system to find openings. Within that base, the named employers and recent role examples point to three especially active lanes: big-system outpatient and specialty APP hiring, home-based or value-based care, and palliative or serious-illness care. Duke PA, Wakemed, and UNC Health were the most consistently active named employers in the sample, while fresh examples came from UNC REX Pain Clinic, UNC Family Medicine at Wakefield, Duke's lung cancer screening clinic, Optum Care at Home, Ennoble Care, and Transitions LifeCare. Remote-only practitioner work is the exception, not the rule: about 90% of postings are on-site, about 5% hybrid, and about 5% remote.

• Major health systems and outpatient clinics (high): Academic and regional systems lead the named hiring set, with Duke PA, Wakemed, and UNC Health topping the recent sample and additional clinic-level openings at UNC REX and UNC Family Medicine at Wakefield.
• Home-based and value-based care (high): Optum, Ennoble Care, Strive Health, and Transitions LifeCare point to real demand for clinicians who can manage chronic disease, serious illness, or high-risk patients outside the hospital.
• Specialty APP and behavioral health (moderate): Pain management, addiction medicine, and lung cancer screening all showed fresh APP demand in late August, which favors clinicians with sharper specialty stories.
• Remote-first practitioner roles (limited): Fully remote options appear limited because only about 5% of postings were remote in the recent local sample.

Where to focus: Focus first on on-site outpatient, home-based, and specialty-clinic roles where your license is already active and you can clearly show patient assessment, documentation, and telehealth fluency.

Roles worth searching next

• Care manager or utilization review nurse: Home-based value-based care, chronic disease management, and care planning are prominent in recent Raleigh hiring, which makes this a credible bridge for clinicians who want less bedside time.
• Clinical documentation integrity specialist: Clinical documentation is named in about 20% of local practitioner postings, and AI note-generation tools are becoming more common in clinical workflows.
• Telehealth care coordinator: Telehealth is a repeated local signal, and at least one Duke role explicitly combines telemedicine with in-person clinic work across Durham and Raleigh.
• Practice operations or healthcare administration: Healthcare administration roles are projected to see about 3.0% starting salary gains in 2026, and adjacent nonclinical healthcare tracks are projected for 1.7% average pay growth.
• Population health coordinator: Patient education, care planning, chronic disease support, and value-based home care are all visible in the current market, which aligns well with population-health work.

What postings ask for

• BLS (table_stakes | immediate): BLS appears in about 20% of local postings, making it the most commonly named certification in the recent sample. Who: Almost everyone in patient-facing clinical roles, especially new applicants trying to clear first-pass screening.
• ACLS (differentiator | near-term): ACLS shows up in about 5% of local postings and matters more when you are targeting higher-acuity, specialty, or advanced-practice settings. Who: Mid-career clinicians, APPs, and anyone moving toward acute or specialty workflows.
• Patient assessment (table_stakes | immediate): Patient assessment appears in about 30% of postings, the highest-frequency skill in the local sample. Who: Every direct-care applicant, especially those whose resume currently reads too task-based.
• Patient education and clinical documentation (differentiator | immediate): Patient education appears in about 25% of postings and clinical documentation in about 20%, while local market signals also point to AI medical documentation workflows as an emerging skill edge. Who: Clinicians moving into outpatient, primary care, or telehealth-heavy settings.
• Telehealth operations (differentiator | near-term): Telehealth is a recurring local demand signal, and Duke's Durham-Raleigh clinic explicitly combines telemedicine with in-person care. Who: APPs, nurses, and therapists targeting hybrid specialty or chronic-care models.
• Advanced primary care and care planning (differentiator | near-term): Advanced primary care is called out in local market indicators, while care planning appears in about 15% of postings and treatment planning in about 10%. Who: Clinicians targeting family medicine, value-based care, and community-based roles.

Questions about this market

What do Healthcare Practitioners roles pay in Raleigh-Cary, NC?

Direct local wage data shows the healthcare practitioners and technical group averaged $52.75 an hour in Raleigh-Cary in May 2025, or about $109,720 annualized. Recent posting-based signals are lower at the middle of the market, with local salary ranges centered on about $75k to $95k overall, while current advanced-practice examples run much higher: UNC REX listed $50.43–$69.03 per hour, Steadfast Health listed $132,500–$145,000, and Optum listed $109,500–$164,000 plus up to $40,000 loan repayment or a $20,000 sign-on bonus. This is a well-paid clinical market relative to the metro average wage of $34.01 an hour, and healthcare practitioners hold a larger share of local employment than the national average, at 6.3% versus 5.8%.

Where is demand for Healthcare Practitioners roles in Raleigh-Cary, NC concentrated?

Most visible opportunity sits in mainstream care delivery. In the recent local sample, about 65% of postings were tagged as healthcare and another about 30% as hospitals and health care, with more than 1,300 postings across more than 300 companies over the last 90 days. That is a meaningful base, and it is also fragmented, which means you are not dependent on one employer or one hospital system to find openings. Within that base, the named employers and recent role examples point to three especially active lanes: big-system outpatient and specialty APP hiring, home-based or value-based care, and palliative or serious-illness care. Duke PA, Wakemed, and UNC Health were the most consistently active named employers in the sample, while fresh examples came from UNC REX Pain Clinic, UNC Family Medicine at Wakefield, Duke's lung cancer screening clinic, Optum Care at Home, Ennoble Care, and Transitions LifeCare. Remote-only practitioner work is the exception, not the rule: about 90% of postings are on-site, about 5% hybrid, and about 5% remote.

Which employers are hiring the most Healthcare Practitioners talent in Raleigh-Cary, NC?

Recent postings show the most activity from Duke PA (175 postings), Wakemed (150 postings), UNC Health (100 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Healthcare Practitioners roles in Raleigh-Cary, NC be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 5% hybrid, with 90% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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